“More than a shirt, feeding a passion for life”

Monday, 27 January 2014

One of our most unusual sources of footballs is from our
friend Terry Oliver who is a very keen kayaker. Terry regularly finds
balls floating on the river Trent that have probably caused the owner much
distress when they see their prized football floating away from them.

Little do they know that Terry carefully scoops them up,
takes them home, washes them in detergent and then passes them on to us once he
has a bumper bundle. We then find a new home for them thousands of miles
away and they have a new life on a dusty parched field in Africa.

Well done Terry – this is one of our favourite stories and
if only the kids who lose their balls knew they were giving happiness to
another child on a different continent we are sure they would be pleased.

Tuesday, 14 January 2014

If you have ever wondered how a boxing up session works, or
how we transport so much kit across the world, then take a look at our
fantastic new film clip.

We would like to thank Middlesex University for their
help in making the film and we are sure you will agree, it is a great
job. It was filmed at a recent boxing up session when we had a number of
different charities collecting kit, and they have all explained what it means
to them and the kit recipients.

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Welcome to KitAid's blog

Registered charity no. 1113968

This little boy in a tattered Liverpool shirt was the catalyst to KitAid in 1998. Following a trip to Tanzania with WaterAid by Derrick Williams, KitAid was formed and the charity has grown steadily over the years from sending one box to the tiny village in Tanzania to this year donating 100,000 football kits to children and adults in some of the poorest countries in the World.

Many of these kits have been loved by children and adults in the UK and are now being loved again by people, thousands of miles away. Bringing us together is the passion for football and big smiles on our faces.